Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Poland unveils its new national defense strategy
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on Wednesday signed into law a new national defense strategy aimed at addressing threats to regional security caused by two factors: the fighting in Ukraine and Russia’s “intensifying policy of confrontation.” The document says negative factors for the region’s...
Ukraine to halt subsidies to rebel-held areas
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine will freeze budget subsidies for the eastern territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists, the prime minister announced Wednesday — a move that could worsen the already grievous economic conditions there. Yatsenyuk said the payment of pensions and government benefits to residents in conflict-stricken parts of the...
APNewsBreak: Russia plans nuclear summit boycott
VIENNA (AP) — Russia has informed the United States that it will boycott the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, diplomats told The Associated Press on Tuesday, potentially stripping the meeting of one of its key participants and hurting efforts initiated by President Barack Obama to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism. At the last summit, 35...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) — On the week when the world celebrated Halloween, pro-Russian rebels came up with a tactic to scare Ukraine’s pro-Western government in Kiev — holding a rebel election in separatist eastern Ukraine. In soccer, the world’s most popular sport, the Atalanta goalkeeper saved a penalty kick in Bergamo, Italy; fireworks broke...
Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after vote
Zakharchenko’s election was largely a formality as no strong viable candidates opposed him, but separatist authorities have held up the vote as a mandate to pursue their secessionist goals. […] although fighting attenuated after the truce, hostilities have continued almost daily. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Russia backs Ukrainian separatist vote
“The United States deplores and does not recognize yesterday’s so-called separatist elections in eastern Ukraine, nor do we recognize any of the leaders chosen in this illegal vote,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington on Monday. “In view of the elections, it is extremely important to take active steps...
Russia backs Ukrainians separatists’ election
The Foreign Ministry said Monday that the vote in Donetsk and Luhansk gave elected representatives the authority to restore stability in regions unsettled by an armed separatist insurgency. Despite the cease-fire agreement, fighting rages daily between government troops and rebel forces in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. …read more Source:...
Election goes on in rebel-held area of Ukraine despite objections
Voting in the main rebel city of Donetsk proceeded in the presence of gunmen inside three polling stations visited by the Associated Press. Despite a cease-fire agreement being signed in September, fighting continues almost daily between government troops and rebel forces in the area. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ukrainian breakaway regions hold elections
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of separatist-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine are voting to elect legislators and executives in polls that have been staunchly denounced by the international community. Despite a cease-fire agreement being signed in September, fighting continues almost daily between government troops and rebel forces....
News of the Day From Across the Globe
The blackout swept across the impoverished and energy-starved nation at around noon, after the transmission line experienced a malfunction that led to a cascade of failures throughout the national power grid, said Masum-Al-Beruni of the state-run Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd. Hospitals and the international airport in the capital, Dhaka,...
